民國33年，凱迪拉克...從和平到戰爭手冊

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1944, CADILLAC... FROM PEACE TO WAR BROCHURE, PRINTED IN U.S.A

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一封給凱迪拉克車主的信

我們的國家投身戰事已逾兩年。此刻，我們深信，奠定本公司營運基石的二十五萬餘名凱迪拉克車主，必定會關心凱迪拉克在戰時所取得的成就。謹在此簡要敘述。

1941(民國30年)末，當凱迪拉克與美國其他工業共同面臨必須停止和平時期的生產，轉而製造戰爭所需之器械時，我們面臨了無數看似無法克服的重重阻礙。當時的局勢，要求我們這個歷練純熟的組織，必須傾注所有的智慧與創造力。

幸運的是，我們已預作準備。早在1939(民國28年)，我們便已開始製造精密的航空引擎零件；同時，我們M-5輕型戰車的計畫，也在珍珠港事件前數月便已展開。然而，使我們能夠如此迅速地投入量產的，還有另一個關鍵因素——那就是我們對於「變革」長久以來的熟悉。在和平時期，汽車的快速發展，追求更高、更完美的境界，這要求我們必須具備靈活的思維與行動，且每一款新車型的推出，都會帶來製造配置和生產流程的變革。然而，從和平時期過渡到戰爭時期的轉變，其規模之大，遠超過我們以往所嘗試過的任何事物。

如今，這項任務的第一階段已經完成。我們今日的成就，歸功於凱迪拉克團隊成員的戮力付出，以及來自陸軍方面卓越且密切的鼎力合作。這使我們能夠準時，甚至提前完成每一項任務。

透過訓練和經驗的積累，我們在所肩負的任務上日益精進。然而，戰爭要求我們必須不斷開發新武器，以保持對敵人的優勢。無論我們面臨任何變革或新的要求，我確信，我們都將樂意且明智地，竭盡所能來達成。這份承諾，以及我們日復一日的努力不懈，正是我們凱迪拉克人欣然接受的責任，以加速最終勝利之日的到來。

N. Dreystartt 總經理凱迪拉克汽車事業部

A Message to Cadillac Owners

Our country has been actively at war for over two years. At this point we feel sure that the more than two hundred and fifty thousand Cadillac owners who have made the activities of this company possible will be interested in knowing something about Cadillac wartime accomplishments. That story is herein briefly told.

Late in 1941, when Cadillac, along with other American industries, faced the necessity o abandoning peacetime production to build instruments of war, we were beset with literally scores of seemingly insurmountable obstacles. The situation called for every ounce of ingenuity that this seasoned organization could muster.

Fortunately, some preparations had been made in advance. As early as 1939, we had started to make precision aircraft engine parts; also, our plans for the M-5 light tank were under way months before Pearl Harbor. But there was something else which made it possible for us to reach quantity production so soon. That was a long-time familiarity with change. During peacetime, the rapid development of the motor car to higher and higher stages of perfection required fluidity of thought and action and each new model brought its changes in manufacturing set-up and production processes. Yet, the changes accompanying the transition from peace to war were on a vastly larger scale than anything we had previously attempted.

Today, the first part of the job is finished. The things we have accomplished are the result of individual effort by members of the Cadillac organization backed by the splendid, close cooperation of the Army. It has enabled us to meet every assignment on time-or ahead of time.

Through training and experience, we are daily becoming more and more proficient in our appointed tasks. However, warfare demands the constant development of new weapons to maintain an advantage over the enemy. Whatever changes or new demands are made upon us. I am sure will be met to the best of our ability, willingly and intelligently. That, together with day-to-day plugging, is the responsibility which we at Cadillac gladly accept to hasten the day of final Victory.

N. Dreystartt

General Manager,

Cadillac Motor Car Division